1798 Land Tax Redemption, Cornwall
Alma LaFrance
Ancestry.com added UK, Land Tax Redemption, 1798
These records list names of both owners and occupants of property in England and Wales subject to the national land tax as of 1798.
The amount assessed is recorded although properties valued at under 20 shillings per year were officially exempted. The list is by community, but the property details are not recorded.
The source is "Land Tax Redemption Office: Quotas and Assessments. IR23. Records of the Boards of Stamps, Taxes, Excise, Stamps and Taxes, and Inland Revenue.
The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, England.
CORNWALL: Names of Pomeroy's listed in the 1798-1799 Land Tax Rolls:
To view a map of their locations: Google Maps 1798 Land Tax
Bodmin: Jn’o Pomeroy, Tax 0-15-2 "Estate Roseland" Sarah Peter, Owner.
Bodmin: Rev. Jno’ Pomeroy owner: Leased to Jno Salter 0-3-6-
Bodmin: Jon Pomeroy Esq owner: See notes and clip, below.
Bodmin: J. Pomeroy from Sir Jon' Phillipps, owner; 0-7-4
Creed: Henry Pomeroy from Mr. Woolridge, owner: 6-1-8, and -0-6-0.
Fowey: M. Pomery. Owner. A very long list. See clip below.
Fowey: Rev. Jn’o Pomeroy: See below.
Fowey: Mr. Pomeroy ditto
Fowey: J. Pomeroy. 0-5-0
Falmouth: Pomeroy: leased house from Sam. Tressider. 0-7-0 (Joseph and or James.)
Gorran: H. Pomeroy from Earl Mt Edgecombe, owner 0-16-0
Gorran: Trelispan: "St's" Pomeroy, from Earl Mt. Edgecombe, owner: Leaseholder "Estate of Jas Nichols: Current Occupier: "St's Pomeroy. 9-17-0 (Farm.)
Launceston otherwise Dunheved, “Pomeroy’", "house." no first name; owner Stephen Spettigue: 0-2-6
Lawhitton: Roger Pomeroy. Owner occupied 0-14-0
Liskeard: Charles Pomery owner occupied 0-10-2
Lostwithiel: Phillip Tingcombe Pomeroy, Mercer, House and Garden 0-3-6 owned by Earl Mt Edgecombe (Son of John Pomeroy of Lantoom, St Neot.)
St Anthony: Ephriam Pomeroy: Owned by Thomas Spry: 2 properties: 3-4-2- and 1-15-0
St Austell: Walter Pomery, owned, leased to Walter Pomery, (not "himself", probably his son) 0-19-9
St Austell: Mr. Pomery leased from Mrs. Sawle property called 'Newton." 0-19-9
St Stephens in Brannel: Peter Pomeroy: From Lord Camelford, tenement "South Downs," 0-8-0
Trewen: Elizabeth Pomeroy, "Piper's Pool," from Eliz. Davy, owner. 0-8-0
Trewen: John Pomery leased from John Gynn: 0-16-6
Saltash, Thomas Pomeroy, leased from Mr. Bone, 0-10-0
1798 Land Tax
St Austell, Cornwall
Walter Pomery: sen., bookseller, stationer & scrivener, Saint Austell
c 1798 owned the property where he resided. Tax due 9 . 9 shillings and pence.
Further, a Mr. Pomeroy leased a Tenament at Newton Farm in St Austell from Mrs. Sawle.
Tax 9.8 shillings and pence. (This suggests a 3rd Pomeroy residing in St Austell during this period.)
Walter Pomery of St Austell represented,in 1808, a long standing case surrounding Henry Pomeroy of Grampound (Mayor 1739-1741.) (The town of Grampound is chiefly in the parish of Creed. There was a small woolen trade carried on in Grampound and the manufacture of gloves and a tannery. )
See the Luxlyan 1798 Pomeroys at www.pomeroyfamilyhistory for more about Walter Pomery.
Land Tax Redemption, 1798
Liskeard, Cornwall:
Charles Pomeroy, Liskeard, Cornwall.
Charles Pomery (1729-1826), married Grace Pethicke in 1754 in Liskeard. They had nine children including three sons who had children. There were two records for "Chs" Pomeroy..Liskeard, and "Bow, in Liskeard."
This family has been researched back to St Neot, 1575 Pomery Family.
For more information, please follow the link below and download
PFA Annual Report 2011.
<http://www.pomeroyfamilyhistory.com/downloads>
Land Tax Redemption 1798
Gorran, Cornwall
Henry Pomeroy
There are several farms and hamlets in the parish of Gorran, the little village with its 15th century church being about a mile inland from the small fishing port of Gorran Haven, which is now the main centre of population.
1. H. Pomery, held of Earl MT Edgcumbe...valued at 17 shillings.
2. “Sts” Pomery:" (I wonder if “Sts” stands for “Sisters..”?
This property, 9 acres, was also valued at 17 shillings.
Both properties were owned by Earl MT Edgcumbe, the "Leaseholder" was Jas. Nichols.
Was "H" Pomery the man married to Sarah Rippen? Or was he a son born 1762.
Were "Sts" a couple of the daughters of Henry and Sarah?
Henry POMEROY, son of John and Thomasine Stoneman.
b. 26 May 1733, Gorran, Cornwall
& Sarah RIPPEN
m. 26 Sep 1756, Gorran, Cornwall
There are some Gorran records which may be helpful in discovering the parents of John Pomeroy:
GORRAN, Manor of Tregarthen
Gorran: Manor of Tregarthen
FILE [no title] - ref. CY/321-322 - date: 12 December 1692
[from Scope and Content] (ii) Nich. Archer of St. Ewe, gent. Jn. Pomeroy of Fowey, merchant.
FILE [no title] - ref. CY/323 - date: Hilary Term 1693
[from Scope and Content] Quer: Nich. Archer, gent., Jn. Pomeroy, merchant.
FILE [no title] - ref. CY/325 - date: 3 January 1708
[from Scope and Content] (ii) Jn. Pomeroy, merchant and Jonathan Dagge, clerk, both of Fowey.
Land Tax Redemption 1798:
Creed, Cornwall
Henry Pomery.
Henry Pomery had of Mr. Wooldridge, in Creed Cornwall:
two properties:
One a tenement called Garlenick, Grampound with Creed, assessed at 6 pounds, a smaller piece was assessed 6 shillings.
Nearby was a great deal of property leased by William Biddock.
Peter Pomery, son of Henry Pomery, married Mary Biddock in 1797.
No doubt this family is closely connected to the Gorran Pomerys in the above record.
Note: There was John Pomeroy, Mayor of Grampound 1739-1741. (Will 1761). (Ok. which is it. Henry or John?)
Must check that)
Walter Pomeroy of St Austell, represented the Mayor in a Parlimentary case as to the election procedure of John Pomeroy as mayor.
Garlenick, Grampound with Creed: A British Listed Building.
Garlenick, Grampound With Creed
Description: Garlenick
Grade: II* Date Listed: 10 February 1967 English Heritage Building ID: 71349
The image below is a screen shot of an arial view of the Listed Property of Garlenick.
For further information on this family:
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Land Tax Redemption: 1798
Lostwithiel, Cornwall
Phillip T. Pomeroy, “Mercer,” of Lostwithiel. (Merchant who deals with Textiles.)
Leased from Humphrey. Lawrence, Esquire. value 5 shillings.
P T Pomeroy, Esq: Of Earl MT Edgcumbe. Lostwitheil
House and Garden 3 shillings 7 p.
1841 Census: Phillip T. Pomeroy. Single.
Male age 80 years.
Bodmin Registration District
Lostwithiel civil parish.
Lived on Market Street. “of Independent means.”
In 1851 Census:
Philip Pomeroy, Unmarried, age 90 “Landed Proprietor.”
Living with Nephew M. (Matthew?) Pomeroy, age 24 “Clerk.” (Minister) B. St Kew.
Also his nieice, M(ary) Pomery: age 64. She was born on the Isle of Man.
He was the son of John Pomeroy and Grace Truscott.
1798 Land Tax Redemption
Lawhitton, Cornwall
Roger Pomery: Owned and Occupied
Tenement Name: Coomford (Comford)
Lawhitton is a civil parish and village in east Cornwall, The village is situated two miles (3 km) southwest of Launceston and half-a-mile west of Cornwall's border with Devon at the River Tamar[1].
It is in the Launceston registration district. The border with Devon forms the parish's eastern boundary; to the north, it is bounded by St Thomas by Launceston; to the west by Launceston, and to the south by Lezant.
Roger Pomeroy married Mary Fitze 1725.
Children:
Bp 4 children in Lawhitton:
Joseph 3 Jan 1731
Elizabeth 22 Dec 1734
Roger 21 Feb 1737
+ Samuel 4 Sep 1741 -1844 (Lawhitton) (M. Mary Hughs 1800 in North Hill. )
Roger: B c 1771, son of Samuel and wife “Mary Colmer.”
They Bp. in Lawhitton.
Anne, 8 Feb 1801-1886. Anne Died, “Spinster.” “Late of Tregada in Lawhitton.”
Samuel 12 Nov 1802. (He died 1805, Lawhitton,)
1841 Census Record:
Roger Pomeroy, age 70, Blacksmith (1771)
Wife Mary, age 70
Daughter Ann, age 40. (1801)
1841 Census Record:
Borough of Launceston, Parish of Lawhitton
John Pomeroy, age 50, (1791) Blacksmith
wife Hannah, age 50, and Ann, dau, age 14. (1827)
A Roger Pomeroy died Mar 1844, recorded in Launceston.
This Roger in the 1798 Land Tax Redemption would be part of the “Lezant 1725” Tree on the PFA Site.
1798 Land Tax Redemption
TREWEN, Cornwall
Occupant is Elizth Pomery of property in the hamlet of “Piper’s Pool,”
owned by Elizth Davy. Tax, 8 shillings. (widow.)
Occupant #2: John Pomery, occupied property in Trewen owned by John Gynn: 16 Shillings.
This would be John Pomeroy: Born Lewannick. 1719. Died Trewenn 1804.
OPC Lewannick records indicate that he might be the son of Richard Pomeroy (Richard: who died 17 Oct 1742, Lewannick, Cornwall. )
( Wesleyan Methodist chapel at Piper's Pool.)
Land Tax Redemption: 1798
Saltash, Cornwall
Borough of Saltash:
Thomas Pomeroy, occupant
Proprietor, Mr. Bone. Tax: 10 Shillings.
Saltash is a town in Cornwall, facing Plymouth over the River Tamar.
Land Tax Redemption: 1798
St Anthony, Cornwall
Ephriam Pomery
Two properties in St. Anthony: Tenement called "Porth," tax 3 pounds, 4 shillings.
Also "Carlean," 1 pound, 15 shillings.
Owner was Thomas Spry, Esq.
Eprhiam was born circa 1760, son of Henry Pomery and Sarah Rippen, of Gorran, Cornwall.
Son of Ephriam was
Henry Pomery, b 1798, St. Anthony.
In 1841 census Henry was living in Mevagissey;
"Formerly a Farmer in St. Anthony."
Land Tax Redemption: 1798
Fowey, Cornwall
Three Pomeroy's are mentioned in the 1798 Land Tax files:
1. Mr. Pomeroy: Extensive list.
2. J. Pomeroy: Owned and occupied . 0-5-0
3. Jns Pomeroy, Esq. owned and leased; an extensive list.
4. Rev. Jn'o Pomory, also listed as an extensive land owner.
In order to sort out the properties of "M. Pomeroy, Jn'o Pomery, Esq, and the Rev. Jn'o Pomery, and to determine what overlap there is, not only between them, but between the Pomeroy's in Bodmin, a careful analysis of available records in the National Archives would have to be made.
Land Tax Redemption 1798
Bodmin, Cornwall
As in Fowey, Jn'o Pomeray, Esquire, and the Reverend Jn'o Pomery held extensive property.
On the same page: "Jon Pomeroy, Esq", J. Pomeroy, and Rev. Jno Pomeroy.
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Note the top name as "occupier" Marg't Hamley.
TF/1293/1,2 18/19 Feb 1814 Cornwall Record Office
Lease and release; consideration£1340 by (2) to (1)
(1) Eliz. Peter of Padstow, wid., and Joseph Hamley of Bodmin, gent., coheirs of Jn. Pomeroy of Bodmin, clerk, to (2) Joseph Thos. Austen of Place, esq:
2 moieties of 3 fields formerly 2 called Mill Pool Parks, now called Diamond's Park, Kent's Meadow and Mill Pool Park in Fowey (8a. 3r. 16p. altogether), now occ. Jn. Hoal and Rich. Dugger; also 2 moieties of field called Rocks End Meadow or Rock Meadow (1a. 2r. 3p.) late occ. Rich. Hall and Thos. Richards;
also cottage or dwelling-house with adj. orchard in occ. Jn. Helman, being part of Little Lescrow or Lescrow Minor
Land Tax Redemption 1798
St Stephens in Brannel, Cornwall
Peter Pomery
Owned by Lord Camelford:
Tenement South Downs
St Stephen-in-Brannel (known locally as St Stephen's or St Stephen) is a civil parish and village in central Cornwall. St Stephen village is four miles (6.5 km) west of St Austell on the southern edge of Cornwall's china clay district.
Land Tax Redemption 1799
Dunheved, otherwise Launceston:
"Pomeroy" lived in a house owned by Stephen Spettigue, taxed at 2 shillings, 6p.